THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN COMBATING THE CHANGES IN VISUAL INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION PRODUCED BY OXYGEN DEFICIENCY
- 31 August 1936
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 117 (1), 75-78
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1936.117.1.75
Abstract
Studies on the visual intensity discrimination in man were carried out by means of Masson discs. The effects of breathing 8-9% oxygen, which resulted in a great reduction in the visual intensity discrimination, were either completely removed or greatly diminished by small concentrations of CO2 (3%) which in themselves had no effect on the sensory function investigated. This effect is apparently due to the circulatory improvement induced by CO2 under oxygen deficiency.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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